The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly,
(A)But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.

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22 (A)So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for (B)that is his [a]heritage. (C)For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:22 portion or lot

12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile

(A)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?

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